oh, the beast of development

so, until now, ethan's developmental progress has brought us excitement... his first laugh, rolling over, crawling backwards (we're 1/2 way to success)....all very great. even that first tooth was nice once the fussing subsided. a couple of months ago, we cheered ethan on as he was able to sit up without the aid of the infamous boppy pillow. the other day, he had woken up from his nap, and he greeted me sitting up in bed! wow! this was the first i'd seen of this! he could get from his tummy to sitting up by himself! check that one off the developmental list... well that little skill has turned into "oh how fun- i think i'll sit up in bed and talk to myself and play every time mommy lays me down in my bed." today, he was in a DEAD SLEEP for 20 minutes and then suddenly woke up and sat up in bed. he was completely fine and happy until i made him lay back down... which resulted in a fun game of "pitching a fit, sitting back up, mom laying me back down, pitching a fit, sitting back up until i fell over and bonked my head on the crib, mom comforting me and then laying me back down, pitching a fit, sitting back up and playing with my mobile, mom taking the mobile off, and me pitching a fit." another day at another time, i would have left him with his fit until he got tired enough and finally gave in to his nap... but it was a sunday afternoon, and pregnant or not, i do one thing on sunday afternoons.. SLEEP! especially now with baby #2 on the way (which is big news if you didn't read the post below this one first!!), i love love love my sleep. and i was not going to sleep with mr. fit in the next room. so i put him in bed with me, where he proceeded to talk to the fan and play with my hair and shriek for the sake of shrieking. (mom, did i spell shrieking right?) i finally nuzzled him in my armpit and willed him to go to sleep. ha. about 45 minutes later, he finally went to sleep, and we both got about an hour's nap. tonite, we lowered his crib to its absolute lowest setting, and i resolved to leave him in his crib sitting up, standing on his head, whatever. so... we got him ready for bed, i nursed him, and i laid him in his crib.... and he didn't move. not one little peep out of the kid. of course. after all this resolve and everything. oh well. i'm sure i'll have another chance for that tomorrow.